Daniel S. Katz
@danielskatz.org
Chief Scientist @ NCSA, Res. Prof. @ CS & iSchool, @ U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
He/him
Works on: computational & data science: software opensource systems tools policy practices scholcomm FAIR RSE
more active on: @danielskatz@fediscience.org
He/him
Works on: computational & data science: software opensource systems tools policy practices scholcomm FAIR RSE
more active on: @danielskatz@fediscience.org
I'm embarrassed reading this
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm embarrassed reading this
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US-RSE is heading to #SC25! 🎉
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
Research Software Engineers in HPC (RSE-HPC-2025)
Research Software Engineers in HPC (RSE-HPC-2025)
us-rse.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
US-RSE is heading to #SC25! 🎉
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
In honor of my recent academic promotion, I got to choose a book for our library to buy and put a bookplate in, so I chose this book by Greg Wilson. Tonight was the ceremony for me and the other 145 people promoted this year, where I got to see it in person.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In honor of my recent academic promotion, I got to choose a book for our library to buy and put a bookplate in, so I chose this book by Greg Wilson. Tonight was the ceremony for me and the other 145 people promoted this year, where I got to see it in person.
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The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
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I’m recruiting students this upcoming cycle at UIUC! I’m excited about Qs on societal impact of AI, especially human-AI collaboration, multi-agent interactions, incentives in data sharing, and AI policy/regulation (all from both a theoretical and applied lens). Apply through CS & select my name!
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’m recruiting students this upcoming cycle at UIUC! I’m excited about Qs on societal impact of AI, especially human-AI collaboration, multi-agent interactions, incentives in data sharing, and AI policy/regulation (all from both a theoretical and applied lens). Apply through CS & select my name!
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Apply for the next #URSSI winter school on research software engineering, 15-17 Dec in Portland, OR: urssi.us/blog/2025/11...
For: grad students, postdocs, & other early career researchers (or beyond!) looking to increase your software dev. skills.
Applications close 21 Nov, so apply soon!
For: grad students, postdocs, & other early career researchers (or beyond!) looking to increase your software dev. skills.
Applications close 21 Nov, so apply soon!
URSSI Blog
urssi.us
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Apply for the next #URSSI winter school on research software engineering, 15-17 Dec in Portland, OR: urssi.us/blog/2025/11...
For: grad students, postdocs, & other early career researchers (or beyond!) looking to increase your software dev. skills.
Applications close 21 Nov, so apply soon!
For: grad students, postdocs, & other early career researchers (or beyond!) looking to increase your software dev. skills.
Applications close 21 Nov, so apply soon!
Attending #SC25 and interested in Research Software Engineering #RSEng and #AI? Come to our panel Thursday, 20 Nov 2025, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, rooms 240-241-242
Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI
sc25.conference-program.com/presentation...
Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI
sc25.conference-program.com/presentation...
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Attending #SC25 and interested in Research Software Engineering #RSEng and #AI? Come to our panel Thursday, 20 Nov 2025, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, rooms 240-241-242
Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI
sc25.conference-program.com/presentation...
Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI
sc25.conference-program.com/presentation...
Finding Computing and Data Infrastructure to Get Started in Data-Intensive Research
(mostly aimed at US researchers, from @academicdatasci.bsky.social - the Alliance for Data Science and AI)
academicdatascience.org/resources/co...
(mostly aimed at US researchers, from @academicdatasci.bsky.social - the Alliance for Data Science and AI)
academicdatascience.org/resources/co...
Finding Computing and Data Infrastructure to Get Started in Data-Intensive Research
Helpful questions and guide for finding the right resources for your large-scale data or advanced computing project.
academicdatascience.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finding Computing and Data Infrastructure to Get Started in Data-Intensive Research
(mostly aimed at US researchers, from @academicdatasci.bsky.social - the Alliance for Data Science and AI)
academicdatascience.org/resources/co...
(mostly aimed at US researchers, from @academicdatasci.bsky.social - the Alliance for Data Science and AI)
academicdatascience.org/resources/co...
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Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
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Come work with me! We're hiring a new *Director of Innovation* at the UVA School of Data Science jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0... 🧬🖥️🧪
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Come work with me! We're hiring a new *Director of Innovation* at the UVA School of Data Science jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0... 🧬🖥️🧪
During a week of work and a week of vacation in Queensland, Australia, I photographed 190 bird species & 40 other species (marsupials, butterflies, dragonflies, etc). This included a couple of walks with Cairns Birding and 1-1/2 days guided by Tom Tarrant (australiainthewild.com). Photos to come...
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
During a week of work and a week of vacation in Queensland, Australia, I photographed 190 bird species & 40 other species (marsupials, butterflies, dragonflies, etc). This included a couple of walks with Cairns Birding and 1-1/2 days guided by Tom Tarrant (australiainthewild.com). Photos to come...
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ReSA’s Oct newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes:
- News from @softwaresaved.bsky.social
- Highlights from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on Access to #ResearchSoftware
- Actionable FAIR4RS Task Force: Bhavesh Patel presents at @us-rse.bsky.social #USRSE25 ...and more!
- News from @softwaresaved.bsky.social
- Highlights from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on Access to #ResearchSoftware
- Actionable FAIR4RS Task Force: Bhavesh Patel presents at @us-rse.bsky.social #USRSE25 ...and more!
ReSA News | October 2025
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October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ReSA’s Oct newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes:
- News from @softwaresaved.bsky.social
- Highlights from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on Access to #ResearchSoftware
- Actionable FAIR4RS Task Force: Bhavesh Patel presents at @us-rse.bsky.social #USRSE25 ...and more!
- News from @softwaresaved.bsky.social
- Highlights from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on Access to #ResearchSoftware
- Actionable FAIR4RS Task Force: Bhavesh Patel presents at @us-rse.bsky.social #USRSE25 ...and more!
A Papuan Frogmouth family: chick and mother, with father in another nearby tree, in Cairns
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A Papuan Frogmouth family: chick and mother, with father in another nearby tree, in Cairns
The river ferry I’m on in Brisbane has eduroam
October 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The river ferry I’m on in Brisbane has eduroam
Hi @lingthusiasm.bsky.social - I just heard someone say "what we told to the executives was" in Brisbane. Is this a common usage pattern for told in Australia? In the US, I would expect "what we told the executives" or "what we said to the executives" but "told to" seems unusual to me.
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hi @lingthusiasm.bsky.social - I just heard someone say "what we told to the executives was" in Brisbane. Is this a common usage pattern for told in Australia? In the US, I would expect "what we told the executives" or "what we said to the executives" but "told to" seems unusual to me.
It's nice to see in the Finish "Declaration for Open Science and Research 2025—2030" (doi.org/10.23847/tsv...):
"3.3. We recognise research data and methods as independent research outputs that are considered in the assessment and career advancement."
If only software was explicitly mentioned
"3.3. We recognise research data and methods as independent research outputs that are considered in the assessment and career advancement."
If only software was explicitly mentioned
The Declaration for Open Science and Research 2025—2030 | Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It's nice to see in the Finish "Declaration for Open Science and Research 2025—2030" (doi.org/10.23847/tsv...):
"3.3. We recognise research data and methods as independent research outputs that are considered in the assessment and career advancement."
If only software was explicitly mentioned
"3.3. We recognise research data and methods as independent research outputs that are considered in the assessment and career advancement."
If only software was explicitly mentioned
October 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
TIL about Bonini's paradox
"As a model of a complex system becomes more complete, it becomes less understandable. Alternatively, as a model grows more realistic, it also becomes just as difficult to understand as the real-world processes it represents."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonini%...
"As a model of a complex system becomes more complete, it becomes less understandable. Alternatively, as a model grows more realistic, it also becomes just as difficult to understand as the real-world processes it represents."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonini%...
Bonini's paradox - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
TIL about Bonini's paradox
"As a model of a complex system becomes more complete, it becomes less understandable. Alternatively, as a model grows more realistic, it also becomes just as difficult to understand as the real-world processes it represents."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonini%...
"As a model of a complex system becomes more complete, it becomes less understandable. Alternatively, as a model grows more realistic, it also becomes just as difficult to understand as the real-world processes it represents."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonini%...
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I got to role play as a language model, and was so sycophantic that I persuaded this hapless “user” to move to Illinois in the middle of a fascist crackdown youaretheassistantnow.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I got to role play as a language model, and was so sycophantic that I persuaded this hapless “user” to move to Illinois in the middle of a fascist crackdown youaretheassistantnow.com
I now imagine entire catacombs of bones under Paris turning over
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I now imagine entire catacombs of bones under Paris turning over